religious playing card

ABSTRACT

The present invention is a religious playing card with a front facing with a top, a center, a plurality of corners and two sides, a back facing with a center and a background, a plurality of images disposed on the front facing and a plurality of religious titles and pictures disposed on the front facing. The religious playing card also includes a scripture pertaining to the religious titles and pictures, a scripture reference pertaining to the religious titles and pictures and the scripture, and a plurality of optional wild cards. A plurality of the religious cards can also be used to form a deck of religious playing cards.

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application61/297,784 filed on Jan. 24, 2010, the entire disclosure of which isincorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD & BACKGROUND

Some individuals believe that standard playing cards are sacrilegious.This religious belief prevents these individuals from being able toparticipate in common card games. Without a deck of cards, games such assolitaire cannot be played. Such religious individuals are in need of asuitable alternative.

The present invention generally relates to a playing card. Morespecifically, the invention is a religious playing card.

It is an object of the invention to provide a religious playing cardthat affords individuals of various religions the ability to play cardgames with a newly designed full deck of cards.

It is an object of the invention to provide a religious playing carddesigned using pictures instead of numbers, but functioning as normalplaying cards.

It is an object of the invention to provide a religious playing cardused to play a wide variety of games, including solitaire, rummy andother card games with Bible verses included on the religious playingcard.

It is an object of the invention to provide a Christian-themed playingcard alternative to a traditional playing card.

What is really needed is a religious playing card that affordsindividuals of various religions the ability to play card games with anewly designed full deck of playing cards. Because some individualsbelieve that traditional playing cards defy their religious values, anappropriate alternative is necessary. The religious playing card shouldbe designed using pictures instead of numbers, but function as normalplaying cards. The religious playing card should be used to play a widevariety of games, including solitaire, rummy, and more and Bible versesshould also be included on the religious playing card. The religiousplaying card should also provide a Christian-themed playing cardalternative to traditional playing cards as well.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be described by way of exemplary embodiments,but not limitations, illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichlike references denote similar elements, and in which:

FIG. 1A is an overhead perspective view of a front facing of a religiousplaying card, in accordance with one embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 1B is an overhead perspective view of a back facing of a religiousplaying card, in accordance with one embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

Various aspects of the illustrative embodiments will be described usingterms commonly employed by those skilled in the art to convey thesubstance of their work to others skilled in the art. However, it willbe apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention maybe practiced with only some of the described aspects. For purposes ofexplanation, specific numbers, materials and configurations are setforth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the illustrativeembodiments. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art thatthe present invention may be practiced without the specific details. Inother instances, well-known features are omitted or simplified in ordernot to obscure the illustrative embodiments.

Various operations will be described as multiple discrete operations, inturn, in a manner that is most helpful in understanding the presentinvention, however, the order of description should not be construed asto imply that these operations are necessarily order dependent. Inparticular, these operations need not be performed in the order ofpresentation.

The phrase “in one embodiment” is used repeatedly. The phrase generallydoes not refer to the same embodiment, however, it may. The terms“comprising”, “having” and “including” are synonymous, unless thecontext dictates otherwise.

FIG. 1A is an overhead perspective view of a front facing 12 of areligious playing card 10, in accordance with one embodiment of thepresent invention. FIG. 1B is an overhead perspective view of a backfacing 14 of a religious playing card 10, in accordance with oneembodiment of the present invention. The religious playing card 10 ispart of a redesigned deck of cards (not shown) that can be used byindividuals of all religions, such Christians, Jews, Buddhists andindividuals of other religions that are well known to those schooled inthe art. The religious playing card 10 is part of a standard 52 cardplaying card deck, although the number of religious playing cards 10 inthe redesigned deck can be any number of religious playing cards 10 thatis well known to those schooled in the art. The religious playing card10 is rectangular-shape 20 with rounded corners 30, although the shapeof the religious playing card 10 can be any shape that is well known tothose schooled in the art. The back facing 14 of the religious playingcard 10 has a blue background 40 with a gold Star of David 50 indiciadisposed in the center 60 of the back facing 14.

The traditional suits of a traditional deck of playing cards, such ashearts, spades, clubs and diamonds that are disposed on the frontcorners of a traditional playing card are replaced with images 70 suchas a Sardius Stone, a sapphire, a pomegranate and a blueberry on thefront facing 12 of the religious playing card 10. Instead of numberslike those disposed on the front corners of a traditional playing card,the religious playing card 10 is provided with images 70 and religioustitles 80. The religious playing card 10 include the religious titles 80and pictures 90 such as “God” printed with a picture of a mountain,“Jesus” printed with a picture of a lamb, “the Holy Spirit” printed witha picture of fire, “Angels” printed next to a picture of wings, “Moses”printed with a picture of wings and other religious titles and pictures90 that are well known to those schooled in the art. The images 70 andpictures 90 are disposed in two corners 100 of the religious playingcard 10 and the text of religious title 80 of the religious playing card10 is disposed across the top 110 of the front facing 12. A scripture120 is written in the center 130 of the front facing 12 pertaining tothe religious title 80. A scripture reference 140 pertaining to thereligious title 80 and scripture 120 of the religious playing card 10may be written on both sides 150 of the front facing 12 of the religiousplaying card 10. There are also two optional wild cards 160 and thecolor of the images 70 are red and blue, while the scriptures reference140 is written in black, although other colors can be used for theimages 70 and scripture reference 140 that are well known to thoseschooled in the art. The scripture 120 and religious title 80 are alsoprinted upright and upside down so that a user can read the scripture120 from an upright or upside down position. The scripture reference 140is also printed as an upright image and a mirror image on each side 150of the front facing 12. The exact dimensions and specifications of thereligious playing card 10 are the same as a standard traditional playingcard but can vary according to those that are well known to thoseschooled in the art.

While the present invention has been related in terms of the foregoingembodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the inventionis not limited to the embodiments described. The present invention canbe practiced with modification and alteration within the spirit andscope of the appended claims. Thus, the description is to be regarded asillustrative instead of restrictive on the present invention.

1. A religious playing card, comprising: a front facing with a top, acenter, a plurality of corners and sides; a back facing with a centerand a background; a plurality of images disposed on said front facing; aplurality of religious titles and pictures disposed on said frontfacing; a scripture pertaining to said religious titles and picturesdisposed on said front facing; a scripture reference pertaining to saidreligious titles and pictures and said scripture; and a plurality ofoptional wild cards.
 2. The playing card according to claim 1, whereinsaid background includes a Star of David indicia.
 3. The playing cardaccording to claim 2, wherein said Star of David indicia is disposed insaid center of said back facing.
 4. The playing card according to claim1, wherein said images and said pictures are disposed on said corners offront facing.
 5. The playing card according to claim 4, wherein saidimages are a Sardius Stone image, a sapphire image, a pomegranate imageand a blueberry image.
 6. The playing card according to claim 1, whereinsaid religious titles and pictures are God with said picture of amountain, Jesus with said picture of a lamb, the Holy Spirit with saidpicture of fire, Moses with said picture of wings and Angels adjacent tosaid picture of wings.
 7. The playing card according to claim 6, whereinsaid religious titles are disposed on said top of said front facing. 8.The playing card according to claim 1, wherein said scripture is writtenin said center of said front facing.
 9. The playing card according toclaim 1, wherein said scripture reference is written on said sides ofsaid front facing.
 10. The playing card according to claim 1, whereinsaid religious playing card is part of a standard 52 card playing carddeck.
 11. A plurality of religious cards forming a deck of playingcards, comprising: a front facing with a top, a center, a plurality ofcorners and sides; a back facing with a center and a background; aplurality of images disposed on said front facing; a plurality ofreligious titles and pictures disposed on said front facing; a scripturepertaining to said religious titles and pictures; a scripture referencepertaining to said religious titles and pictures and said scripture; anda plurality of optional wild cards.
 12. The playing cards according toclaim 11, wherein said background includes a Star of David indicia. 13.The playing cards according to claim 12, wherein said Star of Davidindicia is disposed in said center of said back facing.
 14. The playingcards according to claim 11, wherein said images and said pictures aredisposed on said corners of front facing.
 15. The playing cardsaccording to claim 14, wherein said images are a Sardius Stone image, asapphire image, a pomegranate image and a blueberry image.
 16. Theplaying cards according to claim 11, wherein said religious titles andpictures are God with said picture of a mountain, Jesus with saidpicture of a lamb, the Holy Spirit with said picture of fire, Moses withsaid picture of wings and Angels adjacent to said picture of wings. 17.The playing cards according to claim 16, wherein said religious titlesare disposed on said top of said front facing.
 18. The playing cardsaccording to claim 11, wherein said scripture is written in said centerof said front facing.
 19. The playing cards according to claim 11,wherein said scripture reference is written on said sides of said frontfacing.
 20. The playing cards according to claim 11, wherein saidreligious playing cards are part of a standard 52 card playing carddeck,